A comprehensive guide on how to diagnose, treat, and care for those with eating disorders. Eating disorders, which include such conditions as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and pica, represent a challenge to both patients and health care providers alike. For more than 20 years, health care providers have turned to the expert advice found in Eating Disorders to keep up to date with the latest research in the field and to help them provide the best care available for their patients. In this new, thoroughly revised and expanded edition of their best-selling work, Drs. Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen provide a user-friendly and comprehensive guide to treating and managing eating disorders for primary care physicians, mental health professionals, worried family members and friends, and nonmedical professionals (such as teachers and coaches). Mehler and Andersen * identify common medical complications faced by people who have eating disorders * answer questions about how to treat both physical and behavioral aspects of eating disorders * discuss serious complications, including cardiac arrhythmia, electrolyte abnormalities, and gastrointestinal problems * incorporate all-new information on avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), binge eating disorder, and the role of social media in promoting disordered eating * offer targeted advice for working with specialists * include four new chapters on eating disorders in children and adolescents; atypical anorexia; eating disorders in transgender individuals; and family therapy * feature engaging clinical vignettes * answer a list of common questions practitioners may have in each chapter The most comprehensive work on the market and the only book that covers eating disorders in transgender individuals, Eating Disorders is a compassionate, evidence-based, and essential guide. Contributors: Arnold E. Andersen, Ovidio Bermudez, Jeana Cost, Meghan Foley, Dennis Gibson, Neville Golden, Sacha Gorell, Jeffrey Hollis, Mori J. Krantz, Daniel Le Grange, Russell Marx, Jennifer McBride, Philip S. Mehler, Leah Puckett, Katherine Sachs, Michael Spaulding-Barclay, Anna Tanner, Nathalia Trees, Jessica Tse, Kenneth Weiner, Patricia Westmoreland
Philip S. Mehler, MD, FAED, CEDS (DENVER, CO), is the chief scientific officer at the Eating Recovery Center, the founder and chief executive officer of Denver Health's ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders, and the Distinguished Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado. Arnold E. Andersen, MD, is emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and the former director of the Eating Disorders Program at Iowa and Johns Hopkins University. He is the editor of Males with Eating Disorders and the coauthor of Making Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape, and Appearance.
Preface, by Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen 1. Diagnosis and Treatment of the Eating Disorders Spectrum in Primary Care Medicine, by Arnold E. Andersen 2. The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team and Levels of Care in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, by Craig Johnson, Jeana Cost, Russell Marx, Kenneth Weiner, Nathalia Trees, and Philip S. Mehler 3. Medical Evaluation of Patients with Eating Disorders, by Kristine Walsh and Philip S. Mehler 4. Nutritional Rehabilitation: Practical Guidelines for Refeeding Patients with Anorexia Nervosa, by Meghan Foley, Shelby Sitko, and Philip S. Mehler 5. Evaluation and Treatment of Electrolyte Abnormalities, by Dennis Gibson and Philip S. Mehler 6. Gastrointestinal Complications, by Dennis Gibson, Leah Puckett, and Philip S. Mehler 7. Cardiac Abnormalities and Their Management, by Katherine V. Sachs, Philip S. Mehler, and Mori Krantz 8. Obstetric-Gynecologic Endocrinology and Osteoporosis, by Philip S. Mehler 9. General Endocrinology, by Philip S. Mehler 10. The Dual Diagnosis of Eating Disorder and Diabetes Mellitus, by Ovidio Bermudez, Jennifer McBride, and Philip S. Mehler 11. Oral, Dental, Ear, and Eye Complications, by Jeffrey Hollis and Philip S. Mehler 12. Athletes and Eating Disorders, by Arnold E. Andersen and Jeana Cost 13. Males with Eating Disorders, by Arnold E. Andersen 14. Special Considerations for Eating Disorders in Children and Young Adolescents, by Anna B. Tanner and Michael Spaulding-Barclay 15. Atypical Anorexia Nervosa, by Neville Golden 16. Eating Disorders in Transgender Individuals, by Arnold E. Andersen 17. Using Medical Information Psychotherapeutically, by Arnold E. Andersen 18. Ethical and Medicolegal Considerations in Treating Patients with Eating Disorders, by Patricia Westmoreland and Jessica Tse 19. Medical Information for Nonmedical Clinicians and Educators, by Arnold E. Andersen 20. Innovative Psychological Treatments of Eating Disorders, by Arnold E. Andersen 21. Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, by Daniel Le Grange and Sasha Gorrell List of Contributors Acknowledgments Index
A comprehensive guide on how to diagnose, treat, and care for those with eating disorders.
A winner. -- "Midwest Book Review" Accomplishes the difficult task of merging psychiatric and medical diagnostic and treatment considerations. -- "Doody's Review Service" An excellent guide to the medical issues connected with eating disorders. -- "Psychiatric Services" This book provides useful and practical information to practitioners who are new to the care of patients with eating disorders while serving as a reference for those with more experience. -- "Annals of Internal Medicine"
